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Bret Diamond <[log in to unmask]>
Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:03:45 -0400
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Can we please, please take this debate off of the lstown-l list????

Thank you,

BD

Debra Wilson wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what your point was because I found it in my
> "Webster's New World Dictionary, 2nd Ed." (1984):
>    chthonic - adj. 1. same as CHTHONIAN 2. dark, primitive, and
>    mysterious
> And under chthonian we find that its a word based in Greek myth.
>
> -Debbie
>
> .
> Debbie,
>
> There was no point to the reply, no point really to the thread at all (no
> offense meant to anyone)..... and that was the point I was trying to get
> across..
>
> Just thought the thread was beginning to be taken a little too seriously when
> it a subject that REALLY will not effect the world or lists in general... oh..
> I have a MacQuarie that doesnt reference it.... and there is an Oxford here at
> work that dates back pre-70's that doesnt include it in its form "chthonic"
> only in its form "chthonian".... and yeah.. it is Greek and chthonic is based
> on demon mythology....
>
> I'll try not to be so obtuse next time.... :)
>
> Debra

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